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teaching relief, administrative sup- funding could make more grants port, and travel grants. Te second available. is for innovative and high-risk proj- ects—large-scale projects that need Faculty Support proof of concept and/or pilot fund- Endowed positions are a University ing to get of the ground. Typical priority. Tey help to attract and budget support can reach $20,000 retain exceptional faculty and or, in some cases, up to $50,000. staf and are visible honors recog- nized across the University and by Research and Innovation Grants other top educational institutions. Administered by the Ofce of Professorships and directorships Admissions, research and innova- of various research centers help tion grants involve undergradu- advance discovery. ates in experiential activities that stimulate their minds and broaden Student Support their perspectives. Tey also Supporting students is one of the strengthen student connections University’s highest priorities. You to the University community, as can enrich their experience by pro- well as to research communities viding research fellowships, travel throughout the world. Tese grants grants, awards, and other support. provide research expenses of up to Gifts such as these increase and en- $3,000 for undergraduate students hance undergraduate and graduate working with a faculty sponsor. research opportunities at Rochester. Only students applying to AS&E are eligible for these grants. Additional A Transformational Gift In 2012, University Trustee Ani Gabrellian ’84 and her husband, Mark Gabrellian ’79, permanently endowed the Mesrob Mashtots Innovation Grant program—which they originally established in 2010 as a one-time award. The endowment ensures that the award will remain a permanent part of the portable research grant program ad- Pictured top to bottom: A close-up image of a lithographic lens, a ministered by the University’s admissions ofce. The grant is named device used to create a pattern on after the Armenian scholar Mesrob Mashtots, who invented the a silicon wafer; a naked mole rat Armenian alphabet and initiated the Armenian culture of scholarship. (a subterranean rodent that never gets cancer); and a subject wears The award is given each year to three outstanding incoming under- a device to track the ability to see graduate students. It is used to fund summer internships, research motion in the dark. jobs, service-learning projects, and other educational experiences for undergraduate students. Learn, Discover, Heal, Create—And Make the World Ever Better www.rochester.edu/college/research For more information on giving opportunities, please contact Phil Castleberry Assistant Vice President for Advancement (585) 276-5253, phil.castleberry@rochester.edu INFORMATION CURRENT AS OF 1/28/2014 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS | 0786-114